| Show BITTER IX NEBRASKA The Fight Has Been One of the hottest Hot-test Ever Known in the State Omaha Net Nov 5The campaign which closed tonight is admitted to be the bitterest affair of the kind in the states history In all parts of the state enthusiastic rallies nave been held The elements of uncertainty are more numerous In the contest tomorrow than Nebraska has ever known The fusion DemocratPopul ists claim the election of their state ticket by 15000 and the Republicans claim success for their state ticket by 10000 In the congressional districts the fusionists fusion-ists are certain of electing two members of the lower house Kent and McKeighan In the First district the fight will be close but the indications are favorable to Strode the Republican In the Second district Mercers chances oC election over Boyd are good Democrat because oC the refusal of the Populist nominee D Clem Deaver to withdraw Owing to the fact that the threecornered fight in the Third district Meiklejohn Republican feels confident In the Fourth district the contest is close between Stark Fusionist and Hainer Republican The legislature will probably be close between the fusionists on one side and the Republicans on the other It Is doubtful whether the result on any office will be known before Wednesday night Owing to the distance from telegraph tele-graph stations of a number of the counties coun-ties the returns will have to be carried on horseback for many miles HOT ON THE COAST A Lively Election Looked For In California Today San Francisco Nov 5A lively campaign cam-paign closed in California tonight and tomorrow the contest will be fought out at the polls California elects this year a complete state ticket seven congressmen and a legislature There are four tickets in the field Democratic Republican Populist and Prohibition Tonight both the Democrats and the Republicans claim a victory and are confident con-fident of their success The next legislature legisla-ture will elect a United States senator to succeed Senator Perkins who was appointed ap-pointed by the governor to fill the un expired term of the late Senator Stanford Stan-ford The weather will be fair tomorrow and a large vote will be polled |
